Matt Howard
Matt Howard is the Co-Director of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) a member-led Post-9/11 veterans organization focused on ending militarism. He has worked with IVAW in various capacities since 2011 including as Chapter president in the Bay area, local organizer in Texas with the Operation Recovery campaign, and as Communications Director. Howard served in the Marine Corps as a helicopter mechanic from 2001 to 2006 and deployed twice to Iraq where he became stridently opposed to the occupations and discovered a commitment to social change work. Howard is presently based in New York City.[1]
Power and Protagonism
Steve Williams September 18, 2015:
Who says 'protagonism' isn't a word? Marta Harnecker says, 'Sometimes we need new words to describe new actions.' Honored to be soaking up the wisdom of Marta Harnecker and Michael Lebowitz in a room full of hungry and skilled organizers and activists. — with Thomas Assefa, Ilana Berger, Ben Morse, Harmony Goldberg, Randy Jackson, Tony Romano, Jee Kim, Kitzia Esteva, Helena Wong, Matt Howard, Jodeen Olguin-Tayler and Kate Kanelstein at Verso Books.
Iraq Veterans Against the War, conference 2015
Camilo Mejia September 4, 2015 ·
- Iraq Veterans Against the War National Conference, September 2015. — with Maggie Martin, Jason Hurd, Aaron Hughes, Emily Yates, Robin Guthrie, Jose N. Vasquez, Michael Blake, Diedra Cobb, Siri Margerin, Malachi Muncy, Meike Schubert, Lisa Ling, Kelly Dougherty, Eli Wright, Matt Stys, Cassidy Regan, Matt Howard and Gina Bua at Ocoee Retreat Center.
It Takes Roots People's Caravan
It Takes Roots People's Caravan took place in July 2016. Grassroots Global Justice Alliance launched the It Takes Roots to Change the System People’s Caravan from the RNC to the DNC. Nearly 40 community leaders and allies from the US and Honduras traveled in a bus from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, stopping along the way to build with communities in Pittsburgh and Baltimore fighting for environmental and racial justice.
Caravanistas included Matt Howard, Iraq Veterans Against the War.